ABC Announces Barbara Walters Sign-Off Date

Barbara Walters will end her long, successful and frequently groundbreaking career in television on May 16, signing off with a two-hour special that night on ABC, the network announced on Monday.

That day, Ms. Walters will make her last appearance on the talk show she created, “The View.”

The decision follows her announcement a year ago to step aside from a career of more than five decades in television after one last year of work.

Ms. Walters, 84, said at the time that she would make a clean break, with no plans for occasional specials or other television work. She said: “When I go there is not going to be any, ‘Please, can I have another appearance?’ I don’t want to do any more interviews. I don’t want to do any other programs. I’m not joining CNN. This is it.”